A
shorter edition of Vinodiversity News, because I'm sure you are busy at this
time of the year. However the links at the bottom of this newsletter will
provide plenty of reading if you have some spare time for browsing about your
favourite topic... Wine.

In
this issue

New
varieties described
A wine book
A wine Table
The Blog news updates
Links to articles mentioned in this newsletter.

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New
Pages

I
have added some new pages to Vinodiversity. The pages mostly deal with some
varietals Chenin blanc, Grenache, Mourvedre, Tempranillo. Each
page includes some background information about the variety and a listing if
the Australian producers.

The
first three of these varietals have been grown in Australia for many decades.
They all filled a role as workhorse varieties, in other words they were grown
as much for their yield potential rather than their inherent qualities. Nowadays
a new breed of growers and winemakers are taking them a lot more seriously.

Part
of the web hosting package that I use for the Vinodiversity Site is a statistics
function allowing mw to track which pages are most popular. For some reason
the Tempranillo page is the most popular page on the site, so there seems to
be some sort of interest in the variety.

The
addition of these pages brings the total of the varieties with their own page
to over a dozen. The full list is Aleatico Arneis Barbera Chenin blanc Durif
Grenache Marsanne Mourvedre Nebbiolo Petit verdot Pinot grigio Sangiovese Tempranillo
Viognier . They can be accessed from the Alternative varietals page. Some other
varieties are described in the rare wines page. A fuller list and brief description
of over a hundred different grape varieties is found in the a2zwine guide.

Wine
Humour

A
new book of wine humour has been published in the US. It’s called Waiter,
There’s a Horse in My Wine. It is written by Jennifer Rosen who is
an opinionated and feisty writer as well as very knowledgeable about the fruit
of the vine. See below to get some details of the book.

Wine
Table

If
you would like something interesting to hang up in your cellar or study then
you should check out the Wine Grape Varietal Table. This not just a chart of
varietals but a first class reference. It includes an index book allowing you
find the varietal composition of all major wine appellations.

Vinodiversity
Blog

The
Vinodiversity blog
is a separate website which contains more frequently updated information than
this Newsletter. (A blog is just a specially structured website that is very
suitable for use as a sort of public, online journal or diary) If you haven’t
seen it yet then check it out. You can even comment on the articles if you have
some feedback.

Next
month I will provide some more information about an exciting new technology
that will enable you to stay right up to date with the alternative varietals
scene.

Thanks to all of those readers who gave feedback about the Yendah Vale Sangiovese
offer in the last newsletter. I am glad I was able to point you in the direction
of a bargain. You may find the offer is still open check out the Sangiovese
page to find out.